Pentagon Confirms Souvenir Photos of Lindh
from the life-during-wartime dept.
As legal maneuvering continues in the upcoming trial of “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh, Pentagon sources have acknowledged that they possess souvenir photographs showing a shackled and blindfolded Lindh being “posed” alongside his Special Forces jailers. Lindh’s lawyers say the photographs, which have not yet been provided to them, demonstrate that Lindh was not treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and that statements obtained from him therefore should not be admissable in court. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, bristled at the suggestion that Lindh was mistreated. “Hey, give me a break. We’re trying to fight a war here. Sure; we put his nuts in a vise until he talked. You happy now?”
